Portrait of Pope Clement XIII

 

 

 

CLEMENT XIII



(July 6, 1758 — February 2, 1769)











Pope Clement XII, 1760 Æ

Obv.:



CLEMENS • XIII | P • M • A • III



Bust of the pope, l., wearing Tiara and cope.


Allegorical Figure Laetitia Rev.:


GREGORIO | BARBADICO |
S•R•E•CARDINALI | TE EPISC: PATAVINO |
IN•ALBVM•BEATOR | RELATO


Inscription, surrounded by a wreath, naming Cardinal Gregory Barbadigo of Pavia (1625-1697) to the rank of Blessed. He was made a Saint by John XXIII in 1960.



Mazio, 486.
Spink 1885.

restrike, from a very damaged obverse die.



Pope Clement XIII, 1764 Æ

Obv.:



CLEMENS | XIII • PONT • M • A • VII



Bust of the pope, r., wearing Tiara and cope.


(beneath the bust:) HAMERANI
Allegorical Figure Laetitia

Rev.:


CVRA • PRINCIPIS • AVCTO • MVSÆO |
CAPITOLINO

CELEBERRIMIS • ADRIANÆ | VILLÆ • ORNAMENIS

View of the Capitoline Museum, with the two centaurs from the Villa Hadriani at Tivoli at left and right.



Mazio, 493.
Spink 1896.








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